Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — The Comic Side of The News [ARTICLE]

The Comic Side of The News

Japan is acting like a country which is running up a lightning rod for a licking. Cuba’s cup of grief may be said to be OTerflowing. The European concert is about to sing to her. The cablegram announcing an earthquake at Venice must be a joks. If that town ever is convulsed the water will have to do the quaking. If the man who finds Itussoli Sage’s check for $50,000 will return it, Mr. Sage, will not charge liirki interest for the time he has had it in his possession. Dr. Mary Walker says “the new woman at last has taken a firm stand against the curbs and checks which man has imposed upon her.” How about the bridal ? The annual season of football starts out well. In an Eastern college game for practice the other day one player lost two front teeth and three ribs of another player were cracked.